cyber chronicle, 08.11.2024, 09:30 AM
Interpol announced this week that during a major global police operation called Operation Synergy, 41 people were arrested, hundreds of servers were seized, and more than 22,000 IP addresses used for phishing attacks, ransomware attacks and the spread of infostealer malware were removed.
The international police organization announced that it cooperated with competent agencies from 95 member countries, and in the second phase of Operation Synergy with several cyber security companies.
From April 1 to August 31, more than three-quarters of the 30,000 IP addresses identified as suspicious by cybersecurity researchers working with Interpol were removed.
In addition to the arrest of dozens of people, 43 devices were also seized, including laptops, phones and hard drives. Another 65 people are under investigation, but so far they have not been arrested.
Neil Jeton, director of Interpol’s Cybercrime Directorate, said that by dismantling this infrastructure, hundreds of thousands of people have been prevented from becoming victims of cybercrime.
Interpol said it worked with cyber security researchers at Team Cymru, Kaspersky, Group-IB and Trend Micro who traced the malicious activity to IP addresses. Their findings were shared by Interpol with law enforcement agencies around the world, before coordinated action was launched. Interpol did not specify what malware it was about, but what criminal groups it was about.
Hong Kong police seized 1,037 servers, and in Mongolia, 21 searches were conducted that led to the seizure of one server and the identification of 93 people who could be involved in cybercrime. Officials in Macau also took down 291 servers, and Madagascar identified 11 people potentially involved in cybercrime. Estonian police said they seized data related to phishing and banking malware.
The first phase of Operation Synergy, announced in February, resulted in the arrest of 31 suspects and the identification of 1,300 servers that were used to carry out phishing attacks and distribute malware.
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Source: www.informacija.rs